Comments on: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Dead at 89

By: Mark Sofman

Mark Sofman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:51:17 +0000

Read his Age of Jackson in college some, dare I say it?, 30+ years ago. Not one I would re-read and not one of my favorite texts, yet a significant and important one in that the book explained the evolution of American practices of politics, partisanship and faction in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. As for highly readable history (Horrors!) I much prefer David McCullough and Paul Johnson (just two examples)

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:43:07 +0000

Ah, I was wondering whether to read the FDR volumes.

By: norbizness

norbizness — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:38:13 +0000

I've read his exhaustive JFK and FDR pieces: he may have been a little too close to both of them to call them objective tomes, but they are both invaluable slices of American history. I probably should read the Jackson one as well.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:16:02 +0000

I don't think I've read a single one of his books -- I have an aversion to Jackson, and only slightly less to JFK. Now, of course, that he's dead, I will probably read something ... isn't that how it usually goes?